ratio

Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.ʃoʊ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
  2. noun the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
magnitude relation
Narrower (hyponyms)
hematocrit, cephalic index, order of magnitude, mach number, magnification, average

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